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Originally Posted by mistyinca  I agree. $18.50 is a lot for a box lunch. I had no idea that the hotel was tacking on service charges onto everything  . I, too, would rather sink extra into the raffle tickets, especially since it goes into the pot as pure $$$ towards the total. There are so many items  , we all need more just to get a ticket in the bag for each item we want  , LOL! COME ON EVERYONE! BUY MORE RAFFLE TICKETS!!! |
Yes...it is very frustrating. I knew there were service charges tacked onto all the food (they made that clear in advance), but I've been going back and forth with the hotel the last few days to get everything correct on our BEO (Banquet Event Order), and I'm seeing now that they even tack service fees and tax to things like the vendor space, ballroom, and microphone. AND...what really frustrates me is that they add on the service fee, and then they tax the total of the service fee + the subtotal, which means even the service fee is taxable. I thought this was illegal, and I asked the hotel about it, but they said that is their policy. Since then, I've done a lot of reading about allowable taxation of service fees, and apparently it's allowable if it's a mandatory service fee
. If it's truly optional (like a "tip"), then it is NOT taxable. RIDICULOUS!
Anyway...now that I've said all that about the hotel...I just read my e-mail, and they are going to work with us
. First of all, they are going to leave the microphone in the ballroom for Sunday, so we can use it during breakfast Sunday morning if we need to at NO CHARGE! Also, she's looked at where we're at currently with our food expense, and she said she's not going to hold us to our minimum agreement
. She said, "Just try to encourage guests to hit the bar!! Still, you wont be held to a minimum there." So...thank you, thank you, THANK YOU!
Without being held to the minimums, it looks like we're back in the positive, and we'll still be able to make a donation to a Yorkie rescue
!!!! This is GREAT news!
Speaking of Yorkie rescues...one of the questions on the evaluation form I've created (yes...I have an evaluation form that I'd appreciate you filling out after the meet-up so that we have some feedback regarding the meet-up in case we opt to have another one in the future) is regarding what Yorkie rescue you'd like to see our profits donated to. If you don't already have a favorite charity, please do some research before the meet so we can find a great organization to help out with our money! I'm so pleased we'll be able to make a donation after all
!!!